One in 12 UK children now in families hit by two-child benefit limit

DWP data shows 1.3m children affected by limit as research shows risk of long-lasting harm increasing due to cost of living crisis

One in 12 of all UK children now live in families hit by the two-child limit, the government's controversial cap on benefits that cuts household income by at least 2,800 a year and puts affected youngsters at risk of poverty and emotional harm.

The latest official statistics revealed that 1.3 million children in 359,000 households were subject to the two-child limit in April as the policy dragged an additional 150,000 kids in 40,000 families into its net.